Canonbury Masonic Research Centre. The Manchester Masonic Research Collection. The Manchester Masonic Research Collection Some years ago the Library Collection of the Province of East Lancashire and of the Manchester Association of Masonic Research were combined and housed in the Library Room at Freemasons’ Hall in Manchester.
However, this room was continually in use for Masonic Meetings, rehearsals, and for other meetings, so that access to the collection was very difficult to arrange. Manchester Association for Masonic Research « Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire. In 2009 The Manchester Association for Masonic Research celebrated its centenary.
The association was born in 1909 from a desire to share knowledge and gain a better understanding of Freemasonry and it was formed to serve Lancashire, East and West, and Cheshire. The founders were drawn from each of the three Provinces and amongst them were the Earl of Derby and the Dean of Manchester. Quatuor Coronati Lodge: Welcome. The Cornerstone Society. Freemasonry and the Philalethes Society, publisher of the Philalethes Magazine.